Re: My Experience!

When can we expect the conclusion?

--- On Sat, 6/6/09, Larry Hadrava <larryh_at_ipexpert.com> wrote:

From: Larry Hadrava <larryh_at_ipexpert.com>
Subject: Re: My Experience!
To: "NayYar Hakeem-Habeeb" <nyrhh_at_hotmail.co.uk>
Cc: "ccielab_at_groupstudy.com" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 11:44 AM

Hey, if the whole networking thing doesn't work out for you, you'd make a
great novelist - you've got my attention!!!!

Great account so far.........
Larry Hadrava
CCIE #12203 CCNP CCNA
Sr. Support Engineer IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 11:15 AM, NayYar Hakeem-Habeeb
<nyrhh_at_hotmail.co.uk>wrote:

> Good Morning
> Group,
>
> I've just recovered from my
> visit to Brussels yesterday, to summarize my whole experience this was more
> of
> a psychological stress test than a test of technical knowledge depth (so
> i've
> been told until i realized first hand)
>
>
>
>
> The day before: Arrived at the hotel the
> evening before took a walk down to Cisco which was just a few meters behind
> the
> hotel i was staying. Did a little revision the night before at the hotel.
>
> The morning: We got called in and
> assigned our rack numbers moved in to our desk. I must say the sizes of the
> screens were of great help. They were 21" screens which really aided
> in carry out the exercise and isolating faults.
>
> I don't think of the time
> i've spents on this planet and through out my educational journey that
> I've experienced anything remotely close to what I experienced
> yesterday, Its impossible to describe even though I had practiced quite
> frequently to control such panic attacks -in short, I was broken (at least
> initially before I fought back). Basically, I spent the first 2-3hrs
> looking
> for
> my mouse on the table - (Oh it was on my desk alright i'd didnt go
> anywhere).
> At
> this point I realized I was heading for failure without the slightest
> chance
> of
> success , and only then did I step back and look back at the journey up to
> this point. Was i prepared to fail without an attempt? The dreaded OEQ went
> well
> so I had one leg in? eventually I got my act together shortly before lunch.
> I
> was just about to start redistribution when I heard the proctors voice
> saying
> .... 3min to lunch .... good time to save configs. OK, this IS IT. During
> my
> preparation I knew that section was not something I rush and it would
> usually
> take me some time 20-1hr depending how complicated it is. Within those 3min
> I
> put the requirements in my head and pondered over it at the lunch table.
> There
> were great options on the menu but I settled for 2 burgers and some chips.
> I
> ate
> as quickly as i could and requested to excuse my self for a cigarette. I
> had
> about 15min to come up with a solution to this redistribution and a method
> to
> approach the remaining sections if i still wanted to put up a good fight
> ..... shortly before lunch time was up I had my plan for redistribution and
> how to approach the last section. Also a previous configuration fault in my
> core!!!
> Went back in working as I
> should have been from the start, keeping track of time. I had made up my
> mind that if my redis. solution didnt work within 20min i would give up the
> points and move and just enable minimal connectivity .... i dumped my
> solution
> in a text file and went over it again again before applying. The solution
> met
> 80% of the requirement and i had to put additional changes in to cover the
> remaining req. this lifted me mentally.
>
> ........ to be continued
>
>
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